A Canadian Study on racism in France and on the fact that 20’000 Rroma are filling the pages of papers, even though they are an infinitely small minority …
A must read!
An initiative by the government of Hessen aims at teaching children about Sinti and Rroma in Germany, and the overall role of discrimination and the need to fight against segregation.
Good!
A series of articles was published in Italy in the context of the remembrance day of the Holocaust on the 27th of January, explaining that Rroma were also singled out by the Nazis during World War Two. This is not well known in Italy, so GOOD!
Some pictures about Rroma during World War Two, pictures taken by German soldiers.
Daniele De Rossi finally apologised for his racial slur “sh*tty Gypsy” levied at an opponent Mario Mandzukic. Took a while …
Several Articles on the Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Ban Ki Moon, the UN General Secretary sent a message on the Holocaust Remembrance day. In there, he cites the Rroma as victims of the Holocaust and pleads against discrimination and racism.
Today’s the Holocaust Remembrance Day!
An Italian Footballer, Danielle De Rossi, told another one a “shut up, sh*tty Gypsy”. This has at least started a real discussion on racism and prompted requests of a crack down on such comments and behaviour.
Disgraceful!
The Canadian Theatre Director Serge Denoncourt on many topics, including Rroma, discrimination, and education.
January 27th is the Holocaust Remembrance day. Germany is now chairing the OSCE and has put the advancements of the Rroma cause at the centre of their activities.
Some good critiques of the Aferim movie. But alas, no nominations L
An overview of what was said about Bulgaria in European Media. At the bottom: News about Rroma – with all bad stereotypes. And this from a Russian newspaper.
Bad!
An exhibition on the Rroma Holocaust is currently to be seen in Durham. Good – except for the use of the word “Porrajmos” that actually is not used and means something else.
Gypsy jazz – kind of explained …
An article on Rroma women in the Balkans. Starts quite badly, as the picture in the headlines depicts a woman prostitute and drug addict in Serbia – we reported on this article a while ago. Then it gets worse … “The Roma identity generally refers to a traditionally nomadic ethnic group, with various linguistic dialects and many sub-groups, living mostly in Europe” Full stereotypes. 99.9% of Rroma, especially in the Balkan were always sedentary (except for their migration from India, but then what to say about Germans J). While the article is right about the discrimination, it is also wrong on the generalisation (and on the numbers). It also presents sex trafficking and exploitation as Rroma issues which it is not, it is a poverty issue. On the other hand (and not in the Balkans, it presents the sterilisation issue in the Czech Republic, and other facts that are quite correct.
The Result: LOTS OF STEREOTYPES, a few facts, and lots of generalisations.
Polish Rroma in Scotland are facing stereotypes and usually cannot say who they are. Here, in Glasgow, a group of Polish Rroma uses music to show their traditions and effectively come out.
The French government is defending its policies on fighting children poverty at the UN in Geneva. Besides the high number of children living in poverty in that country, France was also criticised about access to schools and discrimination of migrants, especially of Rroma.
A French Documentary movie entitled “Toto and his sisters” received the “grand prix” in the Anger Festival. It is unfortunate to say the least that it shows all stereotypes associated with Rroma without any analytical discourse: Rroma live in Ghettoes, deal with drugs, have lots of children (implied in this case), but without stating that this is not a Rroma thing, this is a poverty and social problem.
We are generally against those kind of documentaries, as they reinforce already strongly held stereotypes about us …
NOT GOOD!!!
A Study conducted on Slovak Media by the Media Academy in Bratislava and a Rroma organisation – Romano Kher – shows that the Slovak Media have a strong bias in their presentation of Rroma and Refugees. Negative stereotypes prevail in both cases.
Unfortunately not surprising.
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